New Pics of the Button Quail

[marie_martin]

They are 5 weeks old now. I had to separate the boys today from the girls because of the bare backs. I don't plan to hatch any right now and they are not even laying yet, so for now I plan to leave them separated until I decide who to pair up, etc. I still have to put shavings in the boys pen. These guys and girls are not easy to take pics of.

The boys first:

And the girls, they were even harder to catch:

Any ideas on what the colors are called would be appreciated. Looks like most of the silver ones are red breasted? and the dark male is maybe a red breasted normal? I also have a red breasted normal hen? and a cinnamon? hen and several silver hens. In all I have 4 males and 6 females I think.

Thanks for looking.

Marie

 

[animal_lover]

I wish someone wold reply to this, I am interested in what they are.....

 

[Guitartists]

Here ya go... http://ncws.com/mcdonald/Birds.htm

 

[Guitartists]

I am hoping to get some next spring

they're so pretty

 

[marie_martin]

Thanks for the link. That is helpful. But they don't really have like the red breasted silver etc. Guess some are mixed colors and not recognized? I do like them though. I just hate that my girls all have bare backs right now. But maybe they will heal up nicely now that the boys are separated.

Marie

 

[Guitartists]

I'm sure there are many more colors, I think those are just the ones they breed, but a good starting point.

I'm sure as breeding the special colors gets more and more popular... more and more variations will pop up

 

[marie_martin]

I am sure you are right. Here are a few more pics I finally got uploaded.

Marie


The girls:

The boys:

Hope you enjoy looking. They are great and make the sweetest sounds.

Marie